Competing visions for WIPO reemerge at General Assembly
By Melissa Ritti ( July 15, 2026, 19:29 GMT | Comment) -- With member states gathered for the World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly, the United States delegation urged modernization of global IP systems over a potential expansion of the organization’s development agenda. In written comments provided to MLex, USPTO Director John Squires elaborated on his own Geneva address, singling out proposals to amend the Patent Cooperation Treaty as a key US concern.John Squires in his first World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Assembly address discouraged fellow member states from renegotiating “highly successful” treaties....
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